I am just getting back into the hobby after a few years away. I was setting up my Kline 042 switches and ran into some issues. I have 2 switches that when they are switched from the curve back to straight short out the track and pop the transformer. I see a spark when they snap back. Anyone seen this issue before? Also a couple of them don't work with direct power wiring only the track power.
I am using the Kline shadow rail and lionel tubular track that I have. I also am having an issue with power drain. I have a TPC300 wired into the atlas toggle switches and power two loops using lionel tmcc. I have a MRC dual power transformer wired from one post to the tpc300. For some reason if I run both loops the power drops off, but shut one loop and power seems normal. If I take the TPC out of the equation I have no issues either wiring both throttle posts or just one. I was thinking the atlas toggle was not working right with the TPC. Thoughts? I use the atlas toggles as a safety with kids in case need to cut power. Thanks for any help.
